Read (to ride)
share poetry folder
Bring snow clothes!!!

update your books read list

January 30, 2015

Dear Students,

Hello!  I hope you are peppy today!  I have a treat for you...after you wash your hands come see me for two donut holes.  I want YOU to know how much I APPRECIATE all of you and your hard work!

Please read the message, order your lunch and pick up your iPad.  I'd like you to take a picture that represents your learning in the last few weeks.  Please be specific with what you have learned!  Next, I'd like you to update your reading status.  Finally, please use your iPad to log into IXL.  I'd like you to practice skill Q.3: Equivalent Fractions.

________BEN
____, ____TRE_________ and ___JACKSON___Matthew_______ will share today.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Today's analogies:

blacksmith : iron :: _________ : wood

animal : plant :: wool: __________

January 29, 2015

Hi Students,

I am glad to see you today.  Please come in, order your lunch, read the message and wash your hands.  __Katie_____, __________ and ________ will share today.  I am excited to do some Science stations with you this morning!

Please spread out your homework and update your reading status.  Next, you should complete the 2 homophone clues pages.  This will really wake your brain up. 

Today's analogies:

egg : tadpole :: tadpole : _______

seem : appear :: want : __________

 

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

P.S.  Megan took care of all of you with the Wegman's bags!  You don't need to bring one!

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Spelling activity
Math: complete these problems:  78 X 43    786/9       342/2

Next Tuesday: Wegman's trip- bring a plastic bag!

January 28, 2015

Happy Wednesday,

Please order your lunch, read the message and wash your hands. Be sure to follow the directions in this letter!

____Hayden___, ________ and _________ will share today.  Please spread out your homework and complete page 11 in your Blue Math packet.  Next, you should complete the QR code scavenger hunt that some people started yesterday. This is the first assignment: 

There are four other codes around the room.  Do this work in your Math Log.

Today, we will begin our new unit in Science.  We will be learning about digestion and nutrition.  What do you already know about these topics?

Kindly,
                                                      Mrs. Harvey

Today's analogies:

___________ : Paragraph :: paragraph: chapter

question mark : question :: __________ : statement

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Math P11-5
Handwriting p. 40
Spelling activity

Return permission slip

Spelling suggestions:
Galileo        diplomatic    digestion    nutrition   Science 

Happy Tuesday, Fraction Friends!

I am glad to see you today.  Please order your lunch, read this message and wash your hands.  You should also park your library books on the cart!

_____Megan___, _Bill_________ and _______ will share today.  After you spread out your homework, please update your reading status.  Next, I'd like you to complete page 8 in your math packet.  Finally, the most efficient of you will be able to complete the QR code scavenger hunt.  The first question is righ here:

Find four other questions around the room.  Please write the answers in your math log!

 

Kindly,

Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Handwriting p. 39
Math P11-4
Library books

January 26, 2015

Happy Half Day to you,

I hope you all had a great weekend!  I am glad to see you today!  We will cram a lot of work into our half day!  Please wash your hands, read the message and move your stick to "bringing."

Once you get settled, please read this week's poem.  I also need you to number your spelling pretest paper.  Finally, please practice PC page 327 with a partner.  We will have a fluency presentation after Phys. Ed.

Even though we took our Science test on Friday, I have a few more experiments to show you this morning.  Let's work hard to get everything else done so we have time for some bonus Science!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Today's analogies:

day : hour :: week : ____day______

shoulder : ___wrist_____ :: hip:ankle

January 23, 2015

Dear Students,

I am very sad that I can't be with you today.  I need to take care of some knee trouble that I am having.  I am so sorry!  Please do your very best today in my absence. 

To start your day, please wash your hands, read the message and order your lunch.  Next, you should complete pages 4 and 5 in your Math packet. 

Before you get started, consider today's analogies:

ship : sailor :: _________ : nurse

Which words are related in the same way as cow and herd?

day and night

plus and minus

sheep and flock

seem and appear

 

Kindly,

Mrs. Harvey

For Jackson and Hayden...

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Spelling activity
Handwriting p.38

January 22, 2015

Good morning Everyone!

I am so happy to be here with you today!  I can't wait to show you what I learned yesterday; you are going to LOVE it.  (Well, you'll love most of it, anyway!)  Please wash your hands, read the message and order your lunch.  Next, you need to update your reading status.  Finally, please pick up your ipad.  I'd like you to work on IXL until Library today.  Please practice skill D.4 Factors.

___Nathan_______, _Bill  ___________ and _Clara_________ will share.

Kindly,

Mrs. Harvey

 

Today's analogies:

(Better late, than never!)

 

shout : yell :: ________: doze

Which words are related the same way rear and front are related?

ship and sailor

ocean and seaweed

bottom and top

heavy and weighty

January 21, 2015

Dear Hard Workers,

Hello.  I am sorry that I can't be here with you today.  I am learning about some new ways to technology.  I look forward to sharing what I learned with you when I return.  In the mean time, please do your very best work today.

Please wash your hands, read the message and order your lunch.  Next, update your reading status.  After that, please put your name on your new math packet and number the pages.  Finally, you should complete page 1 and 2.  This should be done before Music so don't waste time.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

 

Today's analogies:

__________: pit :: grape : seed

ocean : seaweed:: prairie : _______

Spelling suggestions:
fractions     analogy    analogies     paragraphs
information   non-fiction    astronomer    fiction
dramatize    asteroid

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Spelling activity
Math P11-1 odds only
Handwriting, page 36
study for Science

edit article

January 20, 2015

Good Morning,

I hope you are all well on this Tuesday morning!  I am happy to see you!  Please wash your hands, order your lunch and read the message.  While you are up, you should also put your library books on the cart. 

___Arrianna______, ____Donald_______ and ______Jessie_______ will share today.  I would love to get to morning meeting before Library.  Please work hard to do the following tasks: update your reading status, number your spelling pretest paper and practice PC page 300 with a partner.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

p.s.  How would you answer these analogies?

 

violin : strings::___clarinet_______:woodwinds

 

bicycle : two::tricycle:___three_______

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
study for Science

finish article
finish Fab 4
finish Storyworks
finish Sci-Fi story


This week we learned:
I learned that switches can pass electricity through.  (Tre)
I learned the standard method of 2 digit multiplication.  (Arrianna)
I learned how to use one light bulb, one wire, and one battery to build a complete circuit. (Megan)
I learned that if you are trying to make a light bulb light you can not have two positive terminals touching or two negative terminals touching.  (Donald)
I learned how to multiply 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers by using partial products.  (Jackson)
I learned that you cannot make a circuit if the batteries are +/+ or -/-.  (Hudson)

January 16, 2015

Happy Friday Folks,

I hope you are ready for a long weekend.  To honor Martin Luther King Jr.,  you have Monday off!  Please wash your hands, order your lunch and read the message.  Ian , Chris________ and _________ will share today.

Your first job this morning is to update your reading status and spread out your homework.  Next, please complete the odd side of a division page and the odd side of a multiplication page.  This will warm your brain up for the timed test you have to take during math.  Both sides should be finished before we leave for Phys. Ed.  This doesn't give you much time to dawdle!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey 

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Spelling activity
Handwriting p. 35
work on draft

January 15, 2015

Dear Early Electricians,

I am excited to tell you that we will have two guests today in our classroom!  Mr. Fenz will be here this morning, and Jessie's dad will also come in to talk about electricity.  It will be fun to learn from different people today!

Please wash, order and read like normal.  Next, I need you to update your reading status and spread out your homework.  Finally, please complete these two division problems in your math notebook.
Don't panic...I am here to help if you need me!

                                                         96/3                      412/3

____Ian_______, ______________ and __________ will share.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Spelling activity
Handwriting p. 33-34

January 14, 2015

Good morning,

It's another cold start to our day.  Come in and get warm!  Please order your lunch, read the message and wash your hands.  Megan, Nathan and _Hudson__________ will share today.

This is a picture of the International Space Station.  We will be reading about this in our theme reader.  I made a text to world connection today as I heard about the space station in the news today.  Apparently, there is a leak on board so all of the astronauts get a day off while the leak is investigated.  Interesting, huh?

This morning is a bit of a catch up morning.  After you update your reading status, please work on the Dynamath activity on pages 8-9.  If that is done, please pass out some papers.  I look forward to everyone being caught up before we go to Music!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Spelling activity
Handwriting p. 32
Math P8-5


Math 8-4


Spelling suggestions:
ukulele                   piano                    Earth
angel                      angle                     violin
Uranus                   cello                      Jupiter

January 13, 2015

Hello Chilly Children,

I hope you were dressed warm this morning as you waited for the bus.  My car thermometer said -3!  I don't often see that!  Come in, warm up and let's get today started!

Please order your lunch, wash your hands and read the message as normal.  Next, please put your library books on the cart.  After that, you should update your reading status.  Finally, please pick up your spelling folder and update your personal choice list.  You can even start filling in your spelling contract if you are efficient!

Today, we will learn a new reading strategy as well as finish our informational drafts.  It will be a productive day!  To start with though, _Nathan________, ___Megan ________ and _________ will share. 

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride)
Math finish P8-4 on a separate piece of paper!
Handwriting p. 30-31
return library books

January 12, 2015

Happy Monday!

I am glad you came to school on this snow morning!  I hope you enjoyed your long weekend; the snow day on Friday was a fun surprise!  Because of that, we need to be extra efficient in our work this morning!

Please wash your hands, read the message and order your lunch!  Next, I'd like you to meet with a partner and do last week's spelling test.  Finally, please number your pretest for this week's spelling pretest.  If you finish all of that, you can steal a few minutes to read.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

_______Izabella_, __Leah _________ and _Matthew_________ will do a free share.

Tonight's homework:
Read(to ride)
Math P8-4 #1-4 only
Spelling activity (30 points total!)

January 8, 2015

Hello Chilly Children,

Come in where it's warm!  Please wash your hands, order your lunch and read the message! 

I am excited about you starting your non-fiction article today.  I will show you how to do this during Writer's workshop this afternoon.  In the meantime, please complete page 11 in your blue math packet.  Once that is done, you can pull out your research on your topic.  (I think it is in your writer's notebook!) Read through it; see if there are any more facts you can add to your notes.  You will do more research during Library today. 

__________Tre_______, ___Mark______, __________, __________, ________ and _________ will share 2 truths and a Fib.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

Tonight's homework:
Read
Math P8-3
Spelling activity

return blue slip

January 7, 2014

Brrrr!  Welcome Ice Cubes!

I am glad you are here and safe!  We will work hard to keep warm today!  Please wash your hands, order your lunch and read this message!  Next, I'd like you to update your reading status.  Finally, please complete PC page 273.  You will be focusing on verbs: words that show action!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

______Aiden___, ___Leslie_________, _Megan_Arrianna_____Ian___, ____Caprice_______, ___________ and _________ will share two truths and a fib.

Tonight's homework:
Read (to ride!)
Spelling activity
Math P8-2

return blue slip

January 6, 2015

Hello Mulitpliers,

I am curious to see how your math homework went last night.  Are you getting the hang of double digit multiplication?

Please wash your hands, order your lunch and read the message.  Next, please make sure your list of books read is updated. I hope to meet with you all today to check on that!  Next, I'd like you to complete page 4 in your Blue math packet.  Finally, you should finish page183 in your math textbook.

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey

____Bill______, _Ben__________, __Evan________, __Nathan_______ and __Matthew   Jessie________ will share Two Truths and Fib!

Spelling suggestions:
cyan                                  January
recommended                   discover
apostrophe                        battery  batteries
connotation                       positive
denotation                         negative 
shuttle                               electricity


Tonight's homework:
Read
Spelling activity
Math P8-1
fill out reading slip
library books

January 5, 2015

Happy New Year All!

I am glad to see you back today.  I was missing all of you!  It's a new year and a new month; this means we have a new "word."  Put First Things First is our monthly expression.  You can learn more about it by reading page 62 in your planner, but FIRST, please complete the following:

Wash your hands!
Order your lunch
Read the message
Read the new poem and put it in your poetry folder
Set up your spelling folder for today's pretest

Once all of that is complete, you can check out p. 62 in your planner to learn more about first things first!

Kindly,
Mrs. Harvey